Marjie High | Oct 30, 2018 | Washington

In September, Community Health Plan of Washington (CHPW) was chosen to partner with National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) to pilot the Person-Driven Outcome Measurement demonstration project. The $2.1 million national project aims to measure health care quality by evaluating how effective organizations are at helping individuals achieve their self-defined...[ Read More ]

Emily Boerger | Sep 11, 2018 | Washington

Joyce Jackson is the CEO and President of Northwest Kidney Centers, the country’s third largest non-profit dialysis provider. The Northwest Kidney Centers serves patients in King and Clallam Counties, providing over 268,000 dialysis treatments per year. Jackson recently spoke with State of Reform to discuss the organization, collaboration across health...[ Read More ]

State of Reform talked with Wesley Durkalski, the CEO of Sendero Health Plans, a non-profit health plan started by Central Health, the Travis County Healthcare District, to coordinate coverage for those with need in the local community. He tells us about the challenges Sendero faces and how the organization responds....[ Read More ]

Dr. Ben Zaniello is the Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Product for Collective Medical Technologies, a nationwide network covering every national health plan in the country, 30 million patients, hundreds of hospitals and health systems and tens of thousands of providers to improve patient outcomes. Dr. Zaniello has...[ Read More ]

Dr. Gerard Livaudais is vice president at Hawaii Pacific Health (HPH), responsible for the overall development and strategic leadership of the organization’s accountable care organization, (ACO) Hawai‘i Health Partners (HHP). Through HHP, HPH has partnered with HMSA to create a new model of care that emphasizes clinical integration and care...[ Read More ]

DJ Wilson | Jan 2, 2017 | Hawaii

I had a conversation with Michael Stollar, President and COO at HMSA, about the outlook for 2017 for the organization. He shared some candid thoughts on the questions for the market ahead of the ACA "repeal and replace" strategy, on the payment reform in Hawaii, and on the workplace culture...[ Read More ]

JJ Lee | Aug 23, 2016 | Washington

Cassie Sauer will assume her role as the Washington State Hospital Association’s (WSHA) next CEO in January 2017. State of Reform sat down with the current Executive Vice President to talk about her vision for the organization, mental and physical health integration in the state, and the new all payer...[ Read More ]

Nathan Johnson is the Chief Policy Officer at the HCA, and one of the primary architects of the state’s 1115 Medicaid waiver application. We asked him a few questions about state policy and the logic of including a supportive housing element in the waiver application. DJ: What was the impetus...[ Read More ]